The days are getting shorter and darker… At least here in the northern hemisphere, the readers south of the equator can please stop gloating. Still no sign of the Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR, which were promised “Fall 2019.” Apple has done this before, when they released the iMac Pro in the last business week of 2017.
The beta 4 for iOS 13.3 just dropped. I get the feeling it’ll be another few frantic weeks at Apple before the end of the year!
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On Scripting OS X
News and Opinion
- Last Week on My Mac: Help revised – Howard Oakley
- Caleb Coy: Fighting for the users – IT Kit
- The iPhone 11 Pro’s Location Data Puzzler – Krebs on Security
- Apple’s use of Location Services data tied to UWB management and federal guidelines – Mike Wuerthele, Apple Insider
- The Mac Pro is an important symbol, but you probably shouldn’t buy it – Jason Snell, Macworld
- Apple’s Technology Transitions – Martin Pilkington (Long, detailed post, but interesting.)
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Tim Sutton: “Til brew-cask has a
--no-quarantineflag; especially helpful if are weird like me and sometimes use it to install binaries that aren’t notarized:brew cask install jtool --no-quarantine” - Greg Neagle: “Last call for testers! Munki 4 is likely to be released next week. Test the current beta in your environment and file issues!”
- Jamf: “ICYMI, the Jamf Online Training Catalog is now open to all Jamf customers! With over 100 modules and 15 series of content, the catalog is structured to help you learn about JamfPro, JamfConnect or JamfSchool anytime and anywhere. Jamf Online Training”
- Kyle Crawford: “Did you know that user-approving kexts on Catalina requires admin rights?!!”
- Patrick Fergus: “Adobe Customer Feedback survey for IT Admins Link”
Bugs and Security
- The chain of trust in Apple’s devices – Kirk McElhearn, The Mac Security Blog
- Lazarus Group Goes ‘Fileless’ – Objective-See
- When Kirbi walks the Bifrost – SpecterOps
- macOS Red Team: Calling Apple APIs Without Building Binaries – Phil Stokes, SentinelOne
Support and HowTos
- macOS Catalina – Secure Tokens part 1: Local Accounts – Frederick Abeloos
- Programmatically Installing and Uninstalling MathType 7 Licenses for Mac – AP Orlebeke
- Handling Xcode for non administrators – Tony Williams
- Time Machine: 1 How it works, or fails to – Howard Oakley
- Time Machine: 2 What it writes in the log – Howard Oakley
- BBEdit & Code Analysis Integration – Richard Glaser, Marriott Library (Note: there is now an easier way to install shellcheck)
- Suppressing the macOS Software Update Alert Icon – AP Orlebeke
Scripting and Automation
- Debugging Bash Scripts with bashdb – Charles Edge
- /jamf: A Slack app to simplify Mac lookups and troubleshooting – taniacomputer (via Tom Bridge)
Updates and Releases
To Listen
- Episode 146: The C-Word, Part Two – Mac Admins Podcast
- 337: These HEViC Files Are Wreaking Havoc — Command-Control-Power
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